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“If we didn’t have leap years, our calendar would be totally scrambled.” – USA Today

Our normal calendar has 365 days and is based on the amount of time it takes our Earth to orbit the Sun.  In actuality, it takes our Earth 365.2425 days for a full orbit. Therefore, after every four rotations around the Sun, we are left over with roughly a full day. We have designated February 29th as the extra day in the calendar for a leap year to keep in sync with the seasons.

Marshall Soulful Jones, placed 2nd at the National Poetry Slam in Boston, performing his powerful poem called, “Touchscreen”.

A proud mother to her babies in Sriracha tiger zoo in Thailand. A tiger that has been raised on pigs milk looks after piglets as her own.

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^ That’s the single piece of paper. Little geometrical drawings are made on the paper before folding, which is a process called precreasing.

More of Joel Cooper’s work here and pieces available on Etsy.

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Solar System Scope is a beautiful website where you can tour our solar system.  This site gives the user the capability of viewing the movement of the planets through time lapse, measuring distances in astronomical units, and just absorbing the breathtaking views and beauty. I love this! Get lost in space!

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Quarterly sales through Christmas were down 5.2% due to steep declines in apparel purchases and layaway sales at Kmart, home appliance performance at Sears and consumer electronics transactions at both. All this even after many of the stores offered special deals and extended operating hours for the holidays.

At this rate, Sears Holding expects its adjusted fourth-quarter earnings, to be announced in late February, to be less than half the $933 million it reported during the same period in 2010. The company’s stock was down nearly 24% to about $35 midway through the trading day.

The store closures will generate up to $170 million in cash, along with extra funds from selling or leasing the real estate, according to Sears Holding. The company has yet to announce the affected locations. The company operates more than 4,000 stores in the U.S. and Canada, including dozens in Southern California.

Sears Holding also said it would abandon its past policy of trying to boost “marginally performing stores” and would instead focus on the cash cows.

The Hoffman Estates, Ill.-based company said it planned to further improve its situation by lowering expenses, reducing and better managing inventory and offering more targeted pricing and promotions.

“Given our performance and the difficult economic environment, especially for big-ticket items, we intend to implement a series of actions to reduce ongoing expenses, adjust our asset base, and accelerate the transformation of our business model,” Chief Executive Lou D’Ambrosio said in a statement.

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